silkworm
pronunciation
How to pronounce silkworm in British English:
UK [ˈsɪlkwɜːm]
How to pronounce silkworm in American English:
US [ˈsɪlkwɜːrm]
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- Noun:
- hairless white caterpillar of the Chinese silkworm moth; source of most commercial silk
- larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
Word Origin
- silkworm (n.)
- Old English seolcwyrm; see silk + worm (n.).
Example
- 1. The reliability analysis on the quarantine of silkworm eggs .
- 2. Diners at the inexpensive highway 4 , for example , merrily knock back shots flavoured with silkworm , snake , crow or goat 's testicles .
- 3. Silk is a fibrous protein , produced in glands within the spider or silkworm and some insects .
- 4. The exploitation and utilization of silkworm chrysalis , a resource insect .
- 5. The filament silkworm , autumn have cooked king tax .